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Massachusetts
1 review
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PURE SCAMS!
July 4, 2025

I would NOT use this website! I am an experienced pet sitter with 10+ years of experience and I messaged probably close to 100 people during the summer months. I never got one legitimate person to respond back. The first lady right away wanted to hire me through her company and fill out all the HR documents with all my personal info ( SSN, birthday, address, etc). She didn't even want to talk to me over the phone or do a video chat or meet in person before she asked for all this. Next, again, some scam wanting my full name and mailing address to mail me a check before I even do the job. Didn't even ask to talk to me first. Lastly I asked this "woman" 3 times to tell me about her animals and dates needed, but it was as if she was going off a script with the same vague job description as is on all the posts... feeding, water plants, mail collection... I asked her 3 times and finally after some time ( probably after looking it up to see what I meant) she described her animals, but still no date. Her sentence formation was incorrect, obviously showing English is not her first language. Even after I insulted her by calling her a scammer, she still wanted to proceed with me. DO NOT EVEN WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE $15 SUBSCRIPTION!

Date of experience: July 4, 2025
Mississippi
1 review
0 helpful votes
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BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER!
April 12, 2025

Please beware of scammer that goes by Olivera Matthews (McClure). Recently scammed for $2475. 00. STOP

Date of experience: April 10, 2025
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scam Site, BEWARE!
December 24, 2024

This site is full of nothing but fake profiles, and when getting notified by someone they immediately try to get your contact info. I cancelled as soon as I realized this and yet they would still try to take money out of my bank account for the next month. I finally had to notify my bank and put a stop payment on them to keep them from getting any more money out of me. The first month's payment I should've disputed as well, but stopping any future payments was the decision I made.

Date of experience: December 24, 2024
Texas
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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HUGE WASTE $$$$ THEY HIDE CANCELLING
November 13, 2024

1. I Giot NO Local Houses (only Out of State jobs, huh?) Only alleged Local Job sounded lie ot was to work for a Drug Cartel, receiving/and resending pkgs and spying via CCTV on theor own Security personnel.
2. Only received that one weird local job in weeks.
3. I filed a comoplaint and got a nasty letter back in my opinion!
4/ I could not find how to cancel and gopt stic=uck with second month billing and Company Rep would not help me cancel!
5. This company has terrible Reviews! We all can't be wrong!
5. By the wayu I have sterling credentials, am edicated and retired but yet no takers. I looked at other potentila sitters and there were so many in my small college town and i felt sorry for all these young girls who wasted their money!

Date of experience: November 13, 2024

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Canada
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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TOTAL SCAM!
October 17, 2024

Don't believe anything on this site. They will tell you fake names they will even send you a picture of their pet but it's not real they want to send you a check instead of giving you any transfer and they want all your information and money be careful with this site I can't believe it's even allowed on the search on google. I will be finding a way to report them because they're taking advantage of people so beware everyone it's a total scam! They don't even deserve a one star but you have to pick one in order to post your review

Date of experience: October 17, 2024
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Scammers everywhere
September 7, 2024
Updated review

Scammers post ads and send you messages. 95% scammers with the same ad. Signed up for a year. Waste of my money. DON'T TRUST THIS SITE.

Date of experience: September 7, 2024
Scammers Everywhere
November 28, 2023
Previous review

I posted looking for jobs. Scammers are all over the site and there are very few legit jobs. The site is based out of Canada as well. Complete waste of time.

Date of experience: November 28, 2023
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Unexpected red flags everywhere
January 29, 2024

I am a member of one of the sister sites ( sites run by the same company) and I have had a great experience there, so I thought why not try looking for jobs on this one ( I was looking for employees on the other site). Anyway, lots of red flags on this one like people offering huge salaries for very little work,really old listings ( years old), the same " person" with 5+ accounts listing houses all over California or at least the first name and last initial is the same.

Unlike other reviews on here I haven't had issues with the company misusing my financial information ( although I have never given any information to this specific website just to eldercare.com which is supposedly in the same network of websites.So it's possible that the two sites are managed by different people or something).

If it is the same company it gives one the impression that they don't have enough people to manage all their websites and this one has gone by the wayside and been overrun by scammers.

If that's the case it might not necessarily completely reflect fairly on the parent company. I'm not saying that they don't need to clean it up because they do, just trying to be as fair as possible.

Date of experience: January 29, 2024
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Total scam
January 28, 2024

This site does not have legitimate jobs. Just a bunch of fake posts and they never follow up with you if you respond. Don't waste your money!

Date of experience: January 28, 2024
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Scammers
December 20, 2023

This site is garbage. Nothing but a bunch of scammers with too good to be true jobs/posts. Saying they live in Arizona. Phoenix, Scottsdale etc. $200 and need snow shoveling. It doesn't freaking snow in Phoenix, Scottsdale or anywhere that would require any snow shoveling! This site does a terrible job of screening their posting parties. No pictures, no verification(social media etc) it's a bunch of fake scammers. Stay away. I will report this site to BBB. Fraudulent and misleading. You would be better off looking on indeed, Craigslist, Facebook marketplace or something of that nature. Definitely do not pay for a subscription.

Date of experience: December 20, 2023
California
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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SCAM - run the other way
November 23, 2023

Most unfortunately this is an international ring. It is clear it is a scam because 1) Regardless of the city I chose, the same names came up looking for a house sitter. 2) Diaz is an example in both San Fran and in Phoenix. He needs snow removal in PHX... really? It never gets cold enough to snow there, so their attention to detail is poor. 3) The English tenses of every single person looking for a house sitter demonstrate English is not their first language. SHAME ON YOU and go build a real business - there is clearly a niche/need. Why not actually fill it?

Date of experience: November 23, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Most worthless group on the planet and they make it hard to report them! 200$a day to bring you mail in my $#*! I hope no ones dumb enough to fall for this bs.!

Date of experience: November 21, 2023
Indiana
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Scams
November 15, 2023

I have been trying to look for work for months and thought i found the perfect jobs. When i would text the numbers people would try to offer me different jobs like a facebook marketplace one where you take pictures of houses. I can not believe i thought this was real. I will just keep looking for a job the normal way.

Date of experience: November 15, 2023
California
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Another scam
October 23, 2023

Both parties that I contacted were very evasive with communicating with me. All they wanted was for me to communicate outside the platform, trying to get my phone number and email address. Neither one was described exactly what they were looking for. It became apparent that they were scammers. Do not use this platform

Date of experience: October 23, 2023
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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No possible way it's legit, stay away from the site, DO NOT list any information and DO NOT attempt any services - this is a scam

Date of experience: September 6, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
5 helpful votes
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You Got Me Messed up. You cnt scam me!
August 30, 2023

Good thing screenshot it n cut the account number out. Once I figured out what was going on I dodge a bullet. Wow people got me messed up. I couldn't find his number on line either. He said he was from new york moving to jersey city. They look up for sale or for rent signs and that how they get you. Good thing I checked the address out before continuing. Crazy its a cold world. No number too for the complaint.

Date of experience: August 30, 2023
Oregon
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Scam site
August 12, 2023

I created a profile with just the basic membership recently and a few people did send me messages through the site within a day. But one person wanted me to post iPhones on my Facebook marketplace profile and with promises of $500 every week and then changed the amount to $400 every Wednesday. So I declined his offer and blocked him and removed my profile from the housesitter website. I would not recommend this site to anyone and I am reporting it to the BBB.

Date of experience: August 12, 2023
New Mexico
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Sketchy
August 8, 2023

At the basic level (free), nothing works, messaging, reviews, nada. The only messages I have received were from sources w a lot of red flags. Listings are out of date, by years, in some cases. Don't bother

Date of experience: August 8, 2023
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Job application for house sitter.
August 3, 2023

I got scammed by one of house sitters and i had to fill out a fake application by that reason the fake person got all my info id even my social security.i am very worried now.why?

Date of experience: August 3, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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DO NOT USE HOUSESITTER.COM. You'll pay a fee to join and there are almost NO people looking for house sitting. All of the existing profiles are outdated, last touched in 2018.

Date of experience: June 19, 2023
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Scam Don't waste your money here
February 24, 2023

I joined for a couple of months. In other words I gave them money for nothing. Scammers in myy text messages and postings OLD. Keep your money just say no.

Date of experience: February 24, 2023